It’s Upfront week here in New York City, in which NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX hold glitzy, star-studded events hoping advertisers will buy in to their new fall schedules.
Adweek’s Jason Lynch reports on NBC’s plans (Must-See TV Thursday is back) as well as FOX’s line-up (which enters the Marvel Universe). ABC, CBS, The CW, and Turner all follow this week.
This week’s issue of Adweek also includes our 2017 TV Hot List featuring our picks of the year’s best shows, networks and personalities. Among them, several familiar TV newsers, including: Hottest News Anchor: Jake Tapper, Hottest News Network: MSNBC, and Hottest Network in Prime Time: Fox News. Here’s our write-up on FNC:
With viewers watching by the millions for election news and staying through Trump’s first 100 days, Fox News marked 10 months as the most-watched cable channel. But the network’s drive screeched to a halt in April when its biggest star, Bill O’Reilly, was shown the door over multiple harassment allegations. That led to the network’s biggest prime-time shake-up in its 20-year history. Still, the network saw 28 percent prime-time growth in April vs. the same month last year.
Much more in the Hot List including the hottest comedies, dramas, kids and lifestyle networks.